Town walls, walled towns and tourism: Paradoxes and paradigms

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-313

  Ashworth, Gregory ^a   Bruce, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritage; Urban heritage; Visitor management; Walls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869047915     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17438730903118097     Document Type: Article

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